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see that this article is observed , the Japanese authorities shall have the right to inspect, from time to time, 
any buildings which are being erected, altered, or repaired. The place which British subjects shall occupy for 
their buildings, and the harbor regulations, shall be arranged by the British consul and the Japanese authorities 
of eacli place, and, if they cannot agree, the matter shall be referred to and settled by the British diplomatic 
agent and the Japanese government. No wall, fence, or gate shall be erected by the Japanese around the place 
where British subjects reside, or anything done which may prevent a free egress or ingress to the same. 
British subjects shall be free to go where they please, within the following limits, at the opened ports 
of Japan. At Kanagawa , to the river Logo (which empties into the bay of Yedo, between Kawasaki and Sina- 
gawa), and ten ri in any other direction. At Hakodadi, ten ri in any direction. At Hiogo, ten ri in any direc- 
tion, that of Lioto exepted, which city shall not be approached nearer tkan ten ri. The crews of vessels resor- 
ting to Hiogo shall not cross the river Engawa which empties into the bay between Hiogo and- Osaka. The 
distance shall be measured by lapd from the goyoso, or town-hall, of eaeh of the foregoing ports, the ri being 
eqüal to four thousand two hundred and seventy five yards English measure. At Nagasaki, British subjects may 
go into any part of the Imperal domain in its vicinity. The boundaries ofNee-egata, or- the place that may be 
substituted for it, shall be settled by. the British diplomatic agent and the Government of Japan. 
From the first day of January, one tho usandeight hundred and sixty two, British subjects shall be allowed 
to reside in the city of Yedo, and from the first day of January , one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, 
in the city of Osaka, for the purposes of trade only. In each of these two cities a suitable place, within which 
they may hire houses , and the distance they may go , shall be arranged by the British diplomatic agent and 
the Government of Japan. 
Art. IV. All questions in regard to rights, whether of property or person, arising between British subjects 
in the dominions of his Majesty the Tycoon of Japan , shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the British 
authorities. 
Art. V. Japanese subjects, who may be guilty of any criminal act towards British subjects, shall be arre- 
sted and punished by the Japanese authorities according to the laws of Japan. British subjects who may com- 
mit any crime against Japanese subjects , or the subjects or citizens of any other country , shall be tried and 
punished by the consul, or other public functionary authorized thereto , according to the laws of Great Britain. 
Justice shall be equitably and impartially administered on both sides. 
Art. VI. A British subject, having reason to complain of a Japanese must proceed to the consulate and 
state his grievance. The consul will inquire into the merits of the case, and do his utmost to arrange it amicably. 
In like manner, if a Japanese have reason to complain of a British subject, the consul shall no less listen to 
complaint, and endeavor to settle it in a friendly manner. If disputes take place of such a nature that the 
consul cannot arrange them amicably, then he shall request the assistance of the Japanese authorities, that they 
may together examine into the merits of the case, and decide it equitably. 
Art. VII. Should any Japanese subject fail to discharge debts incurred to a British subject, or should he 
fraudulently absc.ond , the Japanese authorities will do their utmost to bring him to justice, and to enforce 
recovery of the debts ; and should any British subject fraudulently abscond or fail to discharge debts incurred 
by him to a Japanese subject, the British authorities will, in like manner, do their utmost to bring him to 
justice, and to enforce recovery of the debts. Neither the British] nor Japanese governments are to be held respon- 
•sible for the payment of any debts contracted by British or Japanese subjects. 
Art. VIII. The Japanese government will place no restrictions whatever upon the employment, by British 
subjects, of Japanese in any lawful capacity. 
Art. IX. British subjects in Japan shall be allowed the free exercise of their religion, and for this pur- 
pose shall have the right to erect suitable places of worship. 
Art. X. All foreign coin shall be current in Japan, and shall pass for its correspending weight in Ja- 
panese coin of the same description. British and Japanese subjects may freely use foreign or Japanese coin, in 
in making payments to each other. As sorne time will elapse before the Japanese will become acquainted with 
the value .of foreign coin, the Japanese government will, for the period of one year after the opening of each 
port, furnish British subjects with Japanese coin in exchange for theirs, equal weights being given, and no dis- 
